[docs] [issue17546] Document the circumstances where the locals() dict gets updated
anatoly techtonik
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Fri Mar 29 07:08:32 CET 2013
anatoly techtonik added the comment:
Ok. Maybe I proposed the solution too early. I am fine with doc fix, but given the previous experience I have doubts it will happen. Maybe opening a wiki page with a current draft can help:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/Locals
or better
http://piratepad.net/locals
Describing implementation details is necessary, but they should include a recommendation how to work with locals safely and avoid hitting yourself in the foot if you don't want to read about internals. For that I propose "if you are not interested in implementation details, always copy locals() to dict to avoid potential problems with auto-updating behavior. This is also guaranteed to work with other Python implementations." Is that ok?
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